THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
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GIVE FARMERS TIME TO VOTE
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Measure Favored by Houoo that Ex
tends the Hour Polls Are Open
Until 8 O'clock In Evening.
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Personal, Political. Foreign and Other
Intelligence Interesting to the
General Readers.
WAR NEWS.
Italy 1ms appropriated $34,000,000
for military expenses up to July.
Flvo French aviators have dropped
bombs on u Gorman military aero
drome near Muelhausen.
Tho British steamer Torquay Iibb
been towed Into Scarborough, Eng
land, badly damaged, having either
struck a mine or been torpedoed.
Petrograd hears that Germany and
Austria havo declared the Independ
ence of Poland and that a convention
has been called to choose a king.
Spectacular air raids by thirty-four
British naval aircraft has taken place
In Belgium and he British admiralty
reports that bombs dropped by the
airmen did damage to Germuu gun
positions, railway stations and rail
way lines. ,
Famine faces war-swept Serbia un
less tho people can obtain grain for
seed In tho spring and farm tools to
work with, according to a statement
by a commltteo newly organized to
seek aid In tho United States for the
destitute Serbian women and chil
dren. In a note to tho British government
with respect to the uso of the Amer
ican flag by British ships the United
States government calls attention to
"serious consequences which may re
sult to American vessels and Ameri
can citizens if this practice Is con
tinued." The United States government has
Bent a friendly note to Great Britain
respecting tho use on British ships
of neutral flags. Tho government has
sent a note to Germany Inquiring as
to what steps aro to be taken to veri
fy tho identity of ships flying neutral
flags In tho sea war zones around
England and Ireland.
GENERAL.
Work on Chicago's new $03,000,000
Union Passenger terminal will begin,
within thirty days.
Jose Caro, Spanish minister to Mex
ico, has been summarily expelled from
Mexico by General Carranza.
Flames that raged two days in the
hold of the British steamer Grindon
hall, at Norfolk, sugar laden, have
been extinguished.
Tho price of 5-cent loaves of bread
havo raised up to 6 cents In New
York City. Tho high price of flour Is
given as tho cause.
The plant of tho Tapp Clothing
company, manufacturers of clothing
for men and boys at Louisville, Ky
has been closed. Assets approximately
are $47,000 and the liabilities $63,000.
Tho Iowa state senate by a vote of
38 to 11 passed a bill granting votes
to women, and by an overwhelming
,vote of 39 to 10, agreed to submit to
the people a constitutional amend
ment providing for statewide prohi
bition. Tho directors of the Pennsylvania
Railroad company at a meting at Phi
ladelphln decided to request the stock
holders for authority to Increase the
Indebtedness of the company at tho
next annual meeting to tho extent of
$40,000,000.
There will bo no strike of tho
Yorkshire coal minors as had been
feared. At a conference attended by
tho mine workers and representatives
of tho men, the ownors conceded the
men's demands for an advance In
wages until tho end of tho war.
Telephonic communication between
Philadelphia and San Francisco, for
mally was Inaugurated over the Bell
system by three taps on the Liberty
Bell, the sound. of which over the wire
was tho signal to a bugler in the far
western city to play "Tho Star Span
gled Banner."
Two cases of bubonic plague, au
thenticated as such, havo been discov
red in Havana. The cases are be
lieved to havo originated at the
wharves used by European steamers.
A twenty-six-hour mall train from
New York to St. Louis will be re-established
by tho Pennsylvania rail
road, February 16. The train will ar
rive In St. Louis at 6:43 a. m. The
chango was necessary In ordor to
make mail connections at St. Louis
for the Pacific coast.
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The Florence Crlttenton homo, a
Los Angeles institution for unfor
tunate girls, which cost O. T. John
son, a Los Angeles philanthropist,
$100,000, was as a gift to that city by
Mr. Johnson.
Floods throughout Italy aro assum
ing alarming proportions amid con
tinuous rains. The river Tiber la
over llfty feet out of Its bauks.
Detective Ulng, for many a years a
member or tho Omaha detectlvo forco,
was shot and killed when ho tried to
arrest two Mexicans In that city.
A six months residence bill for tho
benefit of persons soeklng divorces
was introduced In the house of tho
Wyoming legislature at Cheyenno.
Washington's birthday, February 22,
was selected as Chicago's Dundlo day
when packages of clothing and neces
saries will bo given to the poor of tho
city.
Old ago pensions and widows' and
orphans' endowments will bo consid
ered at Chicago during tho last week
In April at a natloual conference of
Methodist clergymen. It Is desired
to ralso $10,000,000 for these benefits.
In a decision affecting the relations
between union labor and all Califor
nia cltl&s. tho state supreme court
held that, tho San Francisco Board of
Supervisors had no right to resolve
that nil city printing be dono by uulon
shops.
Samuel Crotzer,
and killed Frank
brothers, set fire
a bachelor, shot
and George Lynn,
to his own house,
Id tho flames, blew
and lying down am
off the top of his
gun, at Athens,
dragged his body
building.
head with a shot
Mich. Neighbors
from the burning
Six carrier pigeons, each bearing a
message to President Wilson, were
released from the roof of Madlrfon
Square Garden by the Now York Poul
try and Pigeon association. The mes
sages expressed approval of tho pres
ident's efforts to "preserve peace with
honor."
Twenty-one uncharted dangerous
pinnacle rocks have been discovered
by tho coast survey In forty-two miles
of the inside passage used by all
steamers going up and down the Alas
It a coast. One is GOO feet high and
comes within seventeen feet of tho
surface.
Tho constitutionality of the Income
tax as applied to mining companies
was attacked In tho Boston federal
court by John R. Stanton, a stockhold
er in the Baltic Mining company, in
an application for an Injunction to
prevent tho company's officers from
complying with tho provisions of tho
tax law.
Subscriptions for a fund of $500,
000, to bo used In supply work to tho
unemployed, were called for at Chi
cago, by Mayor Carter Harrison. Tho
money is to bo spent In beautifying
the city, and only persons who havo
lived in Chicago a year will be em
ployed. There are 200,000 unemploy
ed persons in Chicago, according to
an official ostlmate.
Henry Lano Wilson, former ambas
sador to Mexico, speaking at Indian
apolis, said "there will bo no hope
for Mexico until either tho present ad
ministration reverses Its policy In en
tirety or until a new administration
committed to less 'uplift,' but more
genuine practical advlco and assist
ance In tho way of Intelligent evolu
tion, comes Into power."
v as i-i i in err o N.
Tho cornerstono of tho $2,000,000
Lincoln memorial structure has been
laid in Washington. A copper box
containing a history of Lincoln, sign
ed by his living son, Robert Lincoln,
and other historical data, was placed
In the cornerstone.
Omaha ranks among the cities ot
over 100,000 population which have
low death rates. Tho rate In Omaha
per 1.Q00, In 1913, was 13.9, accord
ing to figures by the census bureau.
The percentages range, 8.4 for Sect
tie, to 20.8 for Memphis.
The senate appropriations commit
too reported the legislative, executive
and Judicial appropriation bill, carry
lng $39,537,303.50, an increase of $3,
082,670 over the total as it passed tho
house. Of this $2,286,100 was added
for an agricultural census.
President Tip O'Ncllll of the West
ern Baseball league has announced
that owing to tho failure of tho direc
tors of the Topeka club to forward
tho sale of their club, the club would
be taken from tho Topoka association
turned over to'J. A. Savago of Kan
8a3 City and placed In Coloradc
Springs.
Representative Hobson of Alnbama
introduced a resolution calling upon
the State department for any lnfor
matlon It might havo concerning the
demands Japan Is reported to have
made upon China. nndN asking whethei
these demands If enforced would Im
peril the open door policy or the In
tegrity of China.
February 0, as roported to tho De
partment of Commerce by tho thir
teen principal customs ports, showed
a balance of $37,134,220 In fnvor of
tho United States, tho largest weekly
balance on record. E.vnorts for the
j week totaled $59,5Sl,10ii and Imports
$22,-HU,S8U.
Ambassador Morgonthau has report
ed from Constantinople that tho
steamer Washington, partly American
owned, had been sunk in tho harbor
of Treblzonde, Turkoy, during the
Russian bombardment of that port.
TRANSPORT OIL TO NEBRASKA
Would Draw Supply From Wyoming
Field Without Depending On the
Railroad Companies.
Lincoln. Tho building of a plpo
lino from Casper, Wyo., to Omaha as
a Joint onterprlBo by tho states of Ne
braska and Wyoming for tho purposo
of transporting oil to this stntc, Is pro
posd In tho legislature In a resolu
tion offered by Representative Hunter
of Douglas county. It calls for a lino
600 miles long and two foot in dia
meter and capable of transporting 10,
000,000 gallons overy twenty-four
hours, ut an estimated cost of $5,000
per mile.
The resolution suggested that tho
governors of tho two states nrrango
for a joint delegate convention to tor
ward this project in order thnt Ne
braska may be enabled to draw sup
plies of oil from tho Wyoming fields
without depending on railroad com
panies for its transportation and mak
ing this state Independent of tho
Standard Oil company.
Interest In Agricultural Bill.
Interest appears to be growing on
the Beal agricultural activities bill
now pending In the Benato. Tho
measure will likely provoke a fight
as sentiment is pronounced in both di
rections, for and against it. The bill
assembles all agricultural activities
under one head a board of nine
members and includes everything
from collection of statistics to super
vision of the state agricultural col
lego and Its allied activities. Tho
plan wns broached years ago by J.
D. Ream of Broken Bow. It has been
worked for steadily since by him and
other prominent farmers, It is said.
Cities Suggest Changes.
Tho League of Nebraska Munici
palities has recommended changes In
several bills beforo tho legislature,
chief among which Is H. R. No. 207,
roqulrlng a certificate of necessity
and public convenience from tho
State Railway commission, boforo a
corporation can set up business. It
wns recommended that after tho word
"corporation," in this bill, tho words
"not municipality or publicly" owned,
bo inserted nnd that tho following bo
added: "Nothing in this act shall af
fect or apply to municipality or pub
licly owned corporations." ,
May Kill Garnishment Law.
Repeal of the law passed by the
1913 legislature permitting garnish
ment of 10 per cent of wages, Is to
bo secured at this session, according
to representatives of labor organlza
tlons. They assert that under the
constitution wages aro personal prop
erty, and as such may be held ex
empt from garnishment up to the
nmount of exemption allowed each
person by law. Retail merchants
generally aro opposed to repeal of the
law, because they assort It will make
them easier victims of persons who
secure credit and fall to pay their
bills.
Rlsener Pushing Serum Bill.
Representative Rlsener of Thomas
county is fearful that his serum bill
will meet with opposition when It
comes up In tho house. Tho bill Is
known as H. R. 158, and It provides
that all serum used in tho stato shall
bo manufactured at tho stato farm.
Considerable opposition Is being
raised to the bill, but Mr. Rlsener
claims to havo allWavlts from proml
nent cattlemen which will make tho
measure win.
Corn Stalk Disease Worst Yet.
The ravagos of tho corn stalk dls
easo among horses this winter aro
the worst In tho history of Nebraska,
according to Dr. Charles M. Day, stato
field veterinarian, In a report. Accord
ing to word received by the stato
veterinarian's department from one
of its field mon, over 200 horses havo
died In one county alone as a result
of the disease.
Senate Passes Merger Bill.
Tho senate by a vote of 24 to 3
passed the Omaha consolidation bill
with tho omergency clauso. It will
now go to tho house, whore much op
position is expected. Tho Douglas
county delegation voted solidly for
tho measure.
Must Brand Imitation Jellies.
House Roll 204, providing for brand
lng containers of mitatlon jellies nnd
preserves in such a manner that tho
ingredients would bo shown, has
boon recommended for passage.
Prosecution Is Directed.
On tho advice of, Attorney General
Reed, Stato Food Commissioner Hnr
man directed o'no of his inspectors to
prosecute a farmer and a butcher at
Ord for offering for salo tho meat of
a calf that had been oxamlnod by a
veterinarian and declared to be af
flicted with Bplnal meningitis. On re
commendation of Food Commissioner
Harman Representative Fries has
introduced a bill to doclaro tho sale
ot moat from a diseased animal a
felony.
If Iioueo roll No. 200 by Smith
meets with tho samo favor In the sen
nto that It did In tho house tho poll
will open at 8 o'clock in tho morning
nnd closo nt 8 o'clock at night. An at
tempt to mako tho closing hour 7
o'clock tailed,
Messrs. Stubbing nnd Van Doustvn
objected to running an Into hh 8
o'clock In tho evening on tho ground
that election boards nro nlrendy re
quired to work too long hours and
flint this bill would dolny tho account
and make tho boards moro careless.
The opposite argumout was mndo
by Mr. Norton that farmers can voto
more conveniently nXtor tho day's
U over und Inasmuch ns the present
law provides for dosing primaries nt
9 o'clock, ho thought that general
elections should run not later than 6
o'clock.
Mr. Meredith said that In Ashland
pinlnct last year llfty-slx railroad
men lost their votes by bolng unable
to reach lionin bufore G o'dlock. Mr.
Regan said that nineteen voters lost
". In his preolncl In Plntto county.
Mr. Nerf said that farmers In his
count v (Knox), hud requested him to
Introduce a bill of thin kind.
Vlllagon In Thurston county com
pete from year to year for tho locn
lion of the annual county com show.
The show Is held at that vlllngo or In
that community winning the largest
number of points at the show tho pro
ceding year. This year tho show was
held nt Thurston, nnd next year It
will be held at EnicrBon. The com
petitors for next yenr'a eon tost wore
Knierson,. Rosalie, Thurston, Walthill
and Pender. Tho exhibition Is held
under tho auspices of tho Thurston
County Farmers' association.
A plea to leave tho Nobraska work
Itigmon's compensation act as it Is
for at least two years has boon mndo
to tho senate committee on labor by
big employers of labor In tho state.
They oppose the Mallery bill, ralBlng
tho percentage of compensation to In
jured men from CO per cent of tho
wages to 66 2-3 per cent and Increas
ing special compensations. Among
tho employers who presented tho
plea were several members ot tho
Omaha nnd Nebraska Manufacturers'
association.
Further limitation of tho powors of
tho normal school board probably will
bo made by tho sonato when tho bill
creating a now board arrives from tho
houso. Tho house placed tho buying
of all supplies in tho hands of tho
board of control, through which tho
normal board Is directed. Tho sonato
probably will also Include In tho du
ties of the board of control tho eroc
tlon of all normal school buildings.
Three bills of Interest to all stock
food manufacturers and seed growers
nnd dealers woro recommended for
passage by tho sonato committee ot
the whole. One provides a yearly tax
of $25 on each brand of stock food
on tho market. Anothor regulatos 'tho
sale and quality of concentrated food
stuffs. The third Is a pure scod bill,
Repeal of tho nine-hour law affect
ing female labor in towns of less than
5j000 population has been recommend
ed for passage. Tho bill as favored
by tho houso removes any limit as to
tho number of hours a womnn may
work In towns under 5,000 population
nnd also removes tho eight-hour lim
it for night telephone operators.
H. R. 139, by Krumbach, regulating
the salo of stock foods, was recom
mended for passago this afternoon In
committee of tho whole In tho senate.
According to Senator Qulnby of Doug
las, If tho bill goes through and bo
comes a law it will put several
Omaha firms dealing In this kind of
food out ot business.
Reports from twonty-nlno farmers'
institutes this season up to February
1 show an average attondanco of ovor
a thousand at all sessions, or an ag
gregate of 29,293. Tho highest number
present up to February 1 at any far
mers' Institute this season Is Ray
mond, with over 2,300 persons pres
ent. The house has passed, by a voto
of 71 to 25, tho bill prohibiting quail
shooting for flvo years, permanently
forbidding the shooting of doves and
plover and limiting the open season
on chickens to one month, September
15 to Octobor 15.
Tho Chumbors bill, permitting box
ing exhibitions In tho stato ot No
braska under supervision of a commis
sion has been recommended for pass
age by tho house committee upon mis
collaneous nffalrs.
Secretary of State Pool has dis
covered that them are about seventy
Insurance companies doing business
in the state who havo failed to Incor
porate and aro therefore working In
dollanco of law and aro liable to pros
ecution. Many of tiese companies
aro mutunlB and according to tho at
torney geuernl the members thereof
are assuming unlimited responsibility
and liability because It Is a partner
ship puro and simple. Tho attention
of tho attorney general has boo;i call
ed to Uio matter.
A Fine Flock
tlly ANNA (JAI.mil! It )
It Is only n fow yenrn since tho
Indian Runner first Hindi' lln appear
nnco In America, They onino orlxln
nlly from tho West liidlon. where they
havo been rained for yonr. chiefly
nu egg producers. Thoy derive Uirilr
name from their untlvo laud and rnoy
upright carriage.
In color fluty are fawn and white,
vlth yellow shanks and light green
bill; tho Intlor being immctlmcfl
splashed with black.
Tho body In long and nnrrow and
Is carried In an almost upright por
tion. Nock Is long and thin with lino
ly formed bond
The Indian Runner in, wo Ihlnk.
not only tho most bonutlful but also
tho most profitable of all tho duok
family. They havo tho I'okln beaten'
a mile, and are steadily gaining In
fnvor.
Tho Indlnn Runner Is rather small,
fully mntured ducks weighing from
. four to flvo pounds. Drakes from
flvo to six pounds live- weight.
But thoy grow very rapidly whllo
young and aro onsy to ralso. What
they lack in weight Is more than mndo
up for In their other good qualities.
To bogln with, they are very prolific
layers, beginning when thny nro
about six months old. Thnlr oggn oro
puro white nnd a little lnrgor than
n Plymouth Rock hen.
Thoy nro superior In quality to any
duck's eggs (hat wo hnvo over entcn
and ns a uilo they bring a bettor
prlco in tiio markets.
Tho ducklings roach a mnrkctnbtn
slzo when about twelve weeks old;
when forced thoy will weigh four to
flvo pounds at two months.
Tho meat of a Runner in of supe
rior quality; flno In grain, Juicy nnd ex
cellent In flavor. Hotels and res
taurants pay fancy prices tor duck
lings. Tho eggs nro In good demand nlso.
In winter whon eggs nro high tho
Indian Runner Is "on tho Job." Any
entorprlslng porson can work up n
trado among hotels and restaurants
that should provo highly profitable.
Thoro is no dnngor of strong compe
tition, ns comparatively fow poultry
raisers havo takou up this branch of
tho Industry, notwithstanding tho
fact that nearly all kinds of poultry
products nro bringing unheard of
prlcoa In tho opon market.
Duck culturo, In tho past, has boon
moro 6r less neglected, owing to tho
general belief thnt ducks cannot bo
An Indian Runner Duck.
successfully raised without u stream
or pond of wnter. The fact is, how
ever, thnt tho Indian Runner requires
only sufficient water to drink.
Thoy nro usually small feeders as
compared with othor ducka. One I'o
kln will couHiimu ns much feed as two
Runners and then not bo satisfied.
Unlike tho fonnor they aro groat
foragors.
In summer tho Indian Runner, whon
given free rnngo, will find tho great
er part of his living in tho Holds. But
ot courso, when being fattoned for
mnrkot, thoy need some grain. It
would bo well to say right here that
for best results the grain should bo
olthor ground or cooked.
A groat many would-be duck raisers
fall because thoy insist upon feeding
the ducks, both old and young, whole
grain.
Tho matured birds can get along,
but tho young ones most certainly
cannot. Don't try to raise ducklings
on whole wheat, cracked corn and
"chick food." They simply cannot dl
goat it. About tho only kind of grit
ILat a young duck will eat la sand
of Ducklings.
nnd wholo or c aliped grnlu requires
something simmer than sand to
grind It.
TIioho who ,avo Indlnn Runner
dunks would d welt to keep them
ovor winter and hr what they will do
toward keeping tbo ogg basket filled
when biddy Is o 'a strike.
Hegln by cul mg cut all surplus
drnkns and undersized spcclmons. It
tho ducks nro oxpocted to furnish
eggs next Hprltig for hutching pur
poses, now Is tho time to procure
drnknn from sow othor flock.
It Is not a goo L). Ian to keop closo
ly related blrda Ojno drako for overy
seven or eight d-iska Is about right.
Drnkos may bo kept for seven
years, but duolt wi:I not lay so well
whon of that ng Kow duck raisers
caro to keep oh dr iko3 unless thoy
linppcn to bo hl Mm Iced birds.
In many noctonw Indian Runner
ducks nro no so ro that food speci
mens bring nlmp it uny prlco asked.
A houso 1G by 20 feet, with a yard
nttnehod will b)' largo enough for
35 to 40 ducks to stay in nt night,
nnd during tho 'oli dnys in winter.
If thoro In n nultablo houso on
tho place, a due ho.iso can bo built
at nmnll cost. rough lumbor may bo
used for the llr ir nnd siding. Tho
rafters, platen nr I pb'its may bo mndo
of polos cut In e woods. Any kind
of roof that wll tutu water will an
swer. If tho houso la to bo UBed for
young ducks dii ing tho spring and
summer months, hero should bo two
largo doom, one at oach end, and n
window nt tho othor. Somo duck
houses, nro built with tho entire south
flldn open.
Small-mesh pot Urj netting is nailed
to the posts, an. a heavy curtain is
attached Inside. The curtain Is to bo
used In cold woa he?. As tho snow Is
liable to drift In It will sometimes bo
necessary to nai or tack tho curtain
to tho floor nnd 1U0 to tho sldos.
Keep plenty o iitrnw on tho floor.
If It Is Bovcrul .nehos deep, It need
not bo rcnowod vory day. Wo tako
a pitchfork and turn It, or remove
that which In lm 'ly soiled. It Is best
to keep cverytli ig as clean ns pos
sible, then thot In less dnngor ot
dlsenso. Ducks uro not troubled with
llco, and as a .ulo, thoy nro very
healthy.
A flock ot lay ig ducks should bo
fed four times n lay whon they have
to bo kept house .
Their food sin Ud consist of both
raw nnd cooko vegetables, corn
meal, brnn, bci ' scraps, stem-cut
clover, etc. Tho -(round grain should
bo moistened wltf- milk or water.
POULTS MUSI BE KEPT DRY
Youngsters Reqi. n Good Care and
Attention Moi lng Dews Are Bad
Keep Al Vermin Out.
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Tho young tuiiey require a good
leal of caro one niatiagcmont on tho
part of tho n er to bring them
through.
Keop them frjf of vermin. Do not
coddlo them too i ach, but try to keep
them from gotln i out in tho oarly
morning daws, n nboy soon beconio
draggled, '
Whonovor pet bio .Irlvo them up
when storms are pur:aching, ns thoy
do not stand muc wetting.
It Is an ndinlr.. rfe plan to havo a
houno or big hovi 'facing to tho south
and with a small xcjosure of wire net
ting In front, rj about ton feet
square.
Tho young tur eyn can oxerclso In
it boforo being turned out for tho
day, nnd In rail npolls can bo kept
In, which Is mu A hotter than being
shut up In a clo.- hovel.
Havo tho m't.ng high enough to
keep tho mother ten In. Flno grarol
nr sand mnki'H a ;ood flooring for this
little yard.
Always giro th j turkoy hen a good
food of grain nlr nlnjj nnd night until
tho chicks nro i Iea3t six weeks old.
This will proven- her ranging too fur
for food.
Tho chicks v I Koon learn to eat
broken or cracke I corn, wheat or oats,
and when well feathered will eat
wholo grain of ny w't.
After ten winks thoy will mako
their llvlnR on 'feeding ground, re
quiring only a WUe grain nt night to
Induce thorn to 'om) homo to rooot
Encounge Exercise,
From tho vi-ry first tho chicks
should bo Induced to exorcise, for ac
tlvlty la a prima fnctor in promotion
honlth and growth. Feed grain In tht
litter and make them scratch for U
A little flm) chnft or finely cut clover
makes a good J .ter